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CLR

Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:38 pm

Short for Common Language Runtime, a runtime environment that manages the execution of .NET program code and provides services such as memory and exception management, debugging and profiling, and security. The CLR is a major component of the .NET framework.

CLR also is known as the Virtual Execution System (VES).

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